Fotheringhay
village · North Northamptonshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Fotheringhay is an Old English place name, likely meaning 'Fōther's island' or 'river-meadow'. The first element is a personal name, and the second refers to a piece of land, possibly an island or a marshy area.
Word origins
- Fother-
- Old EnglishFrom the personal name Fōther.(from Fōther "personal name")
- ing
- Old Englishbelonging to, associated with(from ing "genitive suffix")
- hay
- Old Englishenclosed land, island, river-meadow(from hæg "enclosure, hedge", ēg "island")